I too have studied your culture. I’m so immersed that I’m married to a privileged white man. Where’s my honorary doctorate of anthropology?

Isn't it nice that the racists don't have to hide anymore? We 👀 u. Let that woman live!

Looking for a jolt to get your manuscript going? Consider the Humber Faculty of Media, Creative Arts, and Design Summer Writing Workshop! Accomplished master writing coaches abound (they also invited me). mediaarts.humber.ca/future-student…

🔙 Step back to the '90s with Antonio Michael Downing' latest single, "90's Fool." 🎶 Dive into the nostalgia trip with catchy beats and vibrant visuals, celebrating the past while embracing the present. Get ready to groove with this throwback anthem! canadianbeats.ca/2024/05/16/joh…

"Baldwin asks, in “Giovanni’s Room,” ...Do we know how to live in a purely queer world not defined by resistance or self-hatred?" 🩵🩵🩵 ‘Giovanni’s Room’ Revisited nytimes.com/2019/09/05/t-m…

Don't Call It A Throwback: Ontario R&B Singer John Orpheus Releases the Funky "90's Fool" groundsounds.com/2024/05/15/cal…

Don't Call It A Throwback: Ontario R&B Singer John Orpheus Releases the Funky "90's Fool" groundsounds.com/2024/05/15/cal…

"Is Winnipeg the most racist city I have ever inhabited? I believe so." Lindsay Wong (黃詠華) is haunted by her ancestors' ghosts and the reality of life in Winnipeg. cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…

Talked 'before their time' classics with Ali Hassan on CBC Books cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Happy Birthday to STARS IN MY CROWN 👑 my first children's picture book! Tundra Books Westwood Creative Artists

STARS IN MY CROWN 👑 in the wild! Little Tony with his BIG feelings 🌟 Westwood Creative Artists Tundra Books Penguin Books Canada

My new book, The Knowing, a sweeping narrative telling the story of one woman, Annie Carpenter, her family and descendants from the birth or the Indian Act to present day, will be out on Aug. 27 but you can pre-order it now for 25% off until July 7! Order ⁦Indigo⁩

We are thrilled to share that Antonio Michael Downing Antonio Michael Downing is a mentor for #BIPOCWritersConnect2024 ✴️✴️✴️ BIPOC emerging writers, we can’t wait to see your mentee applications! Apply today: ow.ly/wOIk50IRKIt. Deadline: July 15. Presented by TWUC & League of Canadian Poets.

A powerful new #PictureBook about a young boy who moves from Trinidad to Northern Ontario! Antonio Michael Downing #RichySanchezAyala Tundra Books Westwood Creative Artists #SEL #immigration #family #home #bigfeelings #kidlit #kidlitreview #librarybooks #bookrecommendations #parents #teachers

Really neat opportunity for Ontario writers: "This creative writing scholarship is open to emerging Ontario writers working in fiction and creative nonfiction who identify as living with mental health and/or addiction issues." @inkwellw lnkd.in/gsteHyA7

Registration for “Black Talk: In Conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib & Antonio Michael Downing” happening September 27 at CIGI is now open! eventbrite.ca/e/black-talk-t…

Then this happened...

😮 My new episode of CBC Books THE NEXT CHAPTER is available now on CBC Listen! 🥳 Check it out: tinyurl.com/4eevf9km 🙌🏾

What an honour to hear Hanif Abdurraqib & Antonio Michael Downing in conversation last night. Thank you Textile for organizing such a thoughtful event. I can’t wait to see what you plan next!

“I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.” — Nina Simone